Archive for 2020
August 9, 2020
FLASHBACK: A Second American Civil War? “Rarely do people set out to start a civil war. Invariably, when such wars break out both sides consider themselves to be the aggrieved ones.”
PRESS AWAKENS FROM 2009-2016 SLUMBER: Trump’s ‘Political Masterstroke’ Leaves Press Scrambling to Apply Double Standard.
Just think of the media as Democratic Party Operatives with bylines, and their eight year hibernation makes perfect sense.
NASHVILLE’S GOING KOOKY. ITS CHARTER SHOULD BE REVOKED, AND IT SHOULD BE RECONSTITUTED AS 8 OR 10 SMALL CITIES. Metro Nashville Council Member Wants People Not Wearing a Mask to Be Charged with Murder or Attempted Murder.
CHINA TIGHTENS ITS GRIP ON ONCE-FREE HONG KONG: HK Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Arrested Under National Security Law, Top Aide Says. “Lai has been one of the most prominent democracy activists in the Chinese-ruled city and an ardent critic of Beijing, which imposed the sweeping new law on Hong Kong on June 30, drawing condemnation from Western countries. The new security law punishes anything China’s communist party considers subversion, secession, terrorism, and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison.”
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE, OCEANIA EDITION: Brooklyn College Math Professor: 2+2=4 ‘Reeks of White Supremacist Patriarchy.’
You went full O’Brien. Never go full O’Brien.
OPEN THREAD: This thread has no title.
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: ‘I Don’t Need A Cognitive Test!’, Biden Screams At Pigeon.
CORONA KABUKI: De Blasio Orders Creation of Coronavirus Checkpoints To Interrogate Visitors to New York City. “Much like the security theater at American airports, di Blasio’s coronavirus checkpoints are mostly for show. (Let’s just hope the sheriff’s department officials who operate the checkpoints are at least wearing masks.)”
Incidentally, the metatitle on that second link is Fox Butterfield-worthy: Protesters feel at risk by NYPD officers not wearing masks.
THE ENEMY WITHIN: Photo surfaces showing TikTok executives posing with communist flag.
TO BE FAIR, THAT’S PRETTY ON-BRAND FOR A GUY WHO CHEATED HIS WAY THROUGH THE TOUR DE FRANCE: Lance Armstrong’s bike shop scraps deal with police department following Black Lives Matter protest.
GREAT MOMENTS IN GASLIGHTING: Stelter Claims Left-Wing Media Not Dedicated to ‘Tearing Down Trump.’
THIS IS A BAD LOOK: Marines Cancel Military Strategy Training Because the Instructor is a Christian.
The USMC scheduled an annual training for military lawyers earlier this month, at which the Battle of Gettysburg would be discussed. The instructor for one portion of that training was supposed to be Jay Lorenzen, an Air Force veteran who taught for 10 years at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Lorenzen’s biography, provided to the military lawyers in advance of the training, included references to Christianity, including his affiliation with Campus Crusade for Christ, now known as Cru, and a couple of religious-themed courses he teaches in his spare time. Several of those lawyers complained to Mikey Weinstein, who heads up a secular, anti-Christian group called the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, that Lorenzen was going to teach about religion.
That allegation was false. It didn’t matter.
If true, this is shameful. Related: Cruz accuses Pentagon of ‘culture of hostility towards religion’ after Christian Air Force vet’s talk canceled.
I remember when Marines were brave.
THINK OF THEM AS DEMOCRATIC PARTY OPERATIVES WITH BYLINES AND MARCHING ORDERS AND YOU WON’T GO FAR WRONG: Media offer a glimpse of what journalism will look like under President Biden: Subservient.
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS. As spotted by Jim Treacher:
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